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| Stretched canvas has the advantage of being relatively lightweight even in large sizes.11. Listening to admirers: paint alone as much as possible and avoid seeking others opinions until you find your own.? Azo yellow - cool yellow ? Cadmium yellow light / lemon - opaque cool yellow. All cadmiums are expensive ? Hansa / arylide yellow - transparent neutral (neither especially cool nor warm) yellow ? Cadmium yellow medium / deep - opaque warm yellow ? Cadmium orange - opaque ? Cadmium red light / medium - opaque warm red ? Naphthol / Pyrrol red - transparent warm red ? Alizarin crimson - transparent cool red, seldom used any more because it is not very permanent ? Quinacridone red / rose / violet - transparent cool red ? Dioxazine purple - transparent ? Ultramarine / French ultramarine blue - transparent blue on the violet side ? Cobalt blue - transparent neutral blue, very expensive ? Phthalo blue - transparent blue on the green side, extremely powerful (some say overpowering) ? Prussian blue - transparent greenish, coppery blue ? Cerulean - opaque, light greenish blue, expensive when genuine but often produced as a mixture of cheaper pigments ? Viridian - deep, transparent cool green, expensive ? Phthalo green - transparent cool green, also very powerful ? Sap green - warm green, often a mixture of pigments The following colors are less intense, and are often referred to as the earth tones. ? Naples yellow - very light and somewhat dull yellow, sometimes used as a substitute for white ? Yellow ochre - dull mustard yellow ? Burnt sienna / red oxide - reddish brown ? Burnt umber - dull brownish gray ? Payne's gray - gray from a mixture of pigments ? Black - several different options available here ? White - several different options here too; titanium is probably the most popular Of course, I am not suggesting you have all these colors on your palette. But hopefully it well help you decide what colors interested you. |
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